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Engineer Politicians in Maine

Roswell Keyes Colcord (1839-1939) — also known as Roswell K. Colcord — of Carson City, Nev. Born in Searsport, Waldo County, Maine, April 25, 1839. Republican. Mining engineer; Governor of Nevada, 1891-95; Superintendent, U.S. Mint at Carson City, 1898-1911. Died in Carson City, Nev., October 30, 1939 (age 100 years, 188 days). Interment at Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.   Relatives: Son of James Colcord and Eliza Colcord.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Alvah Corliss (b. 1860) — also known as Charles A. Corliss — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, May 8, 1860. Democrat. School teacher; civil engineer; member of Maine state house of representatives from Sagadahoc County, 1919-20. Universalist. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William E. Corliss and Merinda (Howard) Corliss; married, April 18, 1906, to Clara E. Laflin.   Frederic Danforth (b. 1848) — of Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, February 8, 1848. Republican. Civil engineer; worked on many railroads; member, Maine Board of Railway Commissioners, 1894-1900; mayor of Gardiner, Maine, 1901-02. Congregationalist. Member, Ancient Order of United Workmen. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Charles Danforth and Julia S. Danforth; married, December 6, 1880, to Caroline A. Stevens.   Harry P. Dill (b. 1845) — of Phillips, Franklin County, Maine. Born in Phillips, Franklin County, Maine, July 11, 1845. Civil engineer; U.S. Consul in Fort Erie, 1881-82; Guelph, 1883-85; Port Hope, 1900-08; Orillia, 1908-15; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Sorel, 1882-83; Lindsay, 1891-92; Orillia, 1892; Palmerston, 1892-93; Port Hope, 1897-1900. Burial location unknown.   Fred B. Greenleaf (b. 1883) — of Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, August 15, 1883. Republican. Engineer for International Paper Co.; treasurer and manager, Greenleaf Construction Co.; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1923-29; member of Maine state senate 4th District, 1929-33. Episcopalian. Member, American Society of Civil Engineers; Phi Kappa Psi. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of John A. Greenleaf and Etta M. (Knight) Greenleaf; married, June 10, 1914, to Mary Margaret Jones; father of Laurie Jones.   Perley C. Heald (b. 1849) — of Midland, Midland County, Mich. Born in Lovell, Oxford County, Maine, May 5, 1849. Republican. Civil engineer; real estate business; mayor of Midland, Mich., 1887-88; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1888, 1896; member of Michigan state senate 24th District, 1899-1900. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.   Charles Edward Hyde (1855-1917) — also known as Charles E. Hyde — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine; Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, November 26, 1855. Republican. Engineer; marine architect; mayor of Bath, Maine, 1899-1901. Died in New York, May 19, 1917 (age 61 years, 174 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Edward Clarenon Hyde and Rebecca (Tibbetts) Hyde; married 1885 to Georgiana Miller; grandnephew of Zina Hyde Jr.; first cousin once removed of Thomas Worcester Hyde; second cousin of John Sedgwick Hyde and Edward Warden Hyde; second cousin thrice removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799); second cousin four times removed of Samuel Huntington; third cousin once removed of William Woodbridge, Isaac Backus and Henry Titus Backus; third cousin twice removed of James Hillhouse, Roger Griswold, Elijah Abel, Phineas Lyman Tracy and Albert Haller Tracy; third cousin thrice removed of John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Samuel H. Huntington, Henry Huntington and Gurdon Huntington; fourth cousin of Joseph Lyman Huntington and Matthew Griswold (1833-1919); fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Hale Sill, Bela Edgerton, Frederick William Lord, Theodore Sill, Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington and Alonzo Mark Leffingwell.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

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